Renunciation in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to renunciation, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 1.33The prize is empty when the people attached to it stand in the line of fire.
• 3.4Freedom is not found by escaping action, but by changing your relation to it.
• 5.1Choose the path that truly serves your welfare.
• 5.2Renunciation matures when action continues without grasping.
• 5.4Different methods can reach the same fulfillment when practiced wholeheartedly.
• 5.5Different paths can lead to the same freedom.
• 5.6Real renunciation grows through practice, not withdrawal.
• 6.1Renunciation means acting without needing to own the result.
• 18.3Renunciation is not simple refusal; some actions must remain.
• 18.4Renunciation is not one thing; it has distinct forms.
• 18.5What purifies you should be done, not dropped.
• 18.7Right action should not be abandoned just because it feels difficult.
• 18.8Fearful withdrawal is not freedom; it is avoidance wearing a noble name.
• 18.12The chain of action ends when desire for its fruit ends.